US basketball star and Olympic gold medal winner Griner has been transferred to a penal colony 300 miles from Moscow, while Russian national Bout was captured in a sting back in 2008.
Russia hopes to make a prisoner swap with the US that could see basketball star Brittney Griner freed - in return for a convicted arms trafficker known as the"Merchant of Death".
Moscow and Washington are currently exploring a possible exchange, Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday.about 500 km southeast of Moscow, according to her lawyers. The all-star centre with the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and two-time Olympic gold medal winner was detained in February when customs agents said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport.
At her trial, Griner admitted having the canisters in her luggage, but testified she packed them inadvertently in haste to make her flight and had no criminal intent. Her defence team presented written statements saying she had been prescribed cannabis to treat chronic pain.
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